English English Dictionary

when in English:

1. when

When do we arrive?

When you can't do what you want, you do what you can.

If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.

When I have migraines, aspirin doesn't alleviate the pain for me.

It's a shame that I had to quit my job just when I was getting the hang of things.

It must be nice having someone who sticks around even when times get tough.

I never thought this rubber band would come in handy when I put it in my pocket this morning.

An animal can be much more dangerous when wounded.

When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.

You opened up my eyes to what it's like when everything is right.

My roommate is prodigal when it comes to spending money on movies; he buys them the day they're released, regardless of price.

Don't come to me now with that. You should have said something when it originally happened.

It was really considerate of you to lend me $500 when I was in difficulties.

He's a different person when he's drunk, so I don't like to drink with him.

We were sitting peacefully at dinner, when all of a sudden the lights went out.

English word "when"(when) occurs in sets:

Nicholas' Sight Words

2. e

Foods rich in vitamin E include dark-green, leafy vegetables, beans, nuts and whole-grain cereals.

We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept: E pluribus unum: "Out of many, one."

The new E10 gas contains ten percent bioethanol.

English word "when"(e) occurs in sets:

short and long vowels

3. this

This is life!

This book says the earliest man-made bridges date back to the New Stone Age.

This article is critical of the way investigations are being made into the matter.

This expressway connects Tokyo with Nagoya.

This old French table is a very valuable piece of furniture.

Is there a public toilet in this building?

Will I get to the station if I take this road?

This program has both downloading and uploading capabilities.

The curry at this restaurant is good.

Though grammatically there is nothing wrong with this sentence, I doubt if anyone would actually ever use it.

Before this car, I drove a Nissan.

If you continue to take this herbal medicine, it will do you good.

Can I have this box carried upstairs?

Women work on equal terms with men in this firm.

This beautiful house is so expensive that we can't buy it.

4. past perfect

Use regret + gerund, if only + past perfect or wish + past perfect to say we want something in the past to have been different.

5. a question word used to ask about the time

English word "when"(a question word used to ask about the time) occurs in sets:

Most common adverbs

6. that's enough

English word "when"(that's enough) occurs in sets:

29 Dinner's on me: entertaining and eating out

7. By the time

My fear is that, by the time we get something done, the European industry will have gone out of business.

Pterosaurus had already disappeared by the time modern birds evolved.

by the time they got home, it had grown dark

English word "when"(By the time) occurs in sets:

Fixed phrases INTERCAMBIOIDIOMASONLINE